Monthly Operations Summary FY2023 (Mar 2023)

Convenience Store Business in Japan

Sales

(YOY)

Lawson Business(LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
Existing Stores	Sales	106.6%
	Number of Customers	104.0%
	Spending per Customer	102.5%
All Stores	Sales	107.8%

*This chart shows the total sales of LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON operated by Lawson, Inc. Sales of Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc. are not included.
*Existing stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are not included.

Stores

（Number）

Lawson Group
Opening	17
Closure	47
Total Number of Stores	14601

*The number of stores in Lawson Group includes Lawson, Inc., Lawson Kochi, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Okinawa, Inc.

▼　Sales History

Sales

（YOY)

				MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG
Convenience Store Business in Japan
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
		Existing Stores	Sales	106.5%	105.9%	105.8%	103.9%	105.1%	106.5%
			Number of Customers	103.8%	103.5%	102.8%	101.4%	103.3%	105.8%
			Spending per Customer	102.6%	102.4%	102.9%	102.5%	101.7%	100.7%
		All Stores	Sales	107.6%	105.5%	106.5%	103.2%	106.4%	106.5%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	531	534	531	537	572	570
	LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
		Existing Stores	Sales	106.6%	106.0%	105.9%	103.9%	105.1%	106.6%
			Number of Customers	104.0%	103.7%	103.1%	101.7%	103.5%	106.2%
			Spending per Customer	102.5%	102.2%	102.8%	102.2%	101.5%	100.4%
		All Stores	Sales	107.8%	105.6%	106.7%	103.3%	106.6%	106.7%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	536	538	536	542	578	577
	LAWSON STORE100 Business
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	105.6%	104.1%	103.4%	105.0%	104.1%
			Number of Customers	99.9%	100.3%	98.1%	96.1%	99.3%	97.6%
			Spending per Customer	104.2%	105.2%	106.1%	107.6%	105.8%	106.7%

（YOY)

				SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB
Lawson, Inc. (Non-consolidated)
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	102.3%	103.2%	103.7%	103.1%	103.8%
			Number of Customers	104.4%	104.8%	103.2%	104.1%	103.8%	102.7%
			Spending per Customer	99.7%	97.6%	100.0%	99.5%	99.3%	101.1%
		All Stores	Sales	104.9%	102.9%	102.4%	101.8%	102.4%	105.5%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	549	539	532	552	511	533
	LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON)
		Existing Stores	Sales	104.1%	102.4%	103.4%	103.9%	103.3%	104.2%
			Number of Customers	104.7%	105.3%	103.6%	104.6%	104.3%	103.2%
			Spending per Customer	99.4%	97.3%	99.8%	99.3%	99.1%	101.0%
		All Stores	Sales	105.1%	103.0%	102.6%	102.0%	102.6%	105.8%
		All Stores	Ave. Daily Sales per Store (Thousands of yen)	555	544	537	558	517	539
	LAWSON STORE100 Business
		Existing Stores	Sales	102.4%	101.6%	99.3%	99.0%	97.6%	95.7%
			Number of Customers	97.2%	96.7%	95.3%	96.0%	94.9%	92.6%
			Spending per Customer	105.4%	105.1%	104.2%	103.1%	102.9%	103.4%

*Existing stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are not included.
All stores: Figures of tickets and gift card etc. are included.

▼　Summary

The sales result of LAWSON Business (LAWSON and NATURAL LAWSON) in March is as follows*1.
Existing-store sales (excluding ticket and gift card sales, etc.) increased 6.6% year on year over the same period and the average number of customers per store increased 4.0% and the average customer spend increased 2.5% year on year.
The Lawson Group operated 14,601 convenience stores in Japan at the end of March 2023, including 130 NATURAL LAWSON stores and 659 LAWSON STORE 100 stores.

<Sales situation>
・In rice products category, sales of rice balls were strong due to strengthened regular products’ lineups.
・In over-the-counter fast food products, sales of “KARAAGE-KUN Fried Chicken” products and various chicken products were strong.
・In “Machikado Chubo”, an in-store cooking service, the sales of the standard rice bowl type bento and prepared foods were strong.
・In dessert category, sales were driven by new Fluffy Butter Omelette Cake, etc.
・The number of stores which MUJI products were brought in have been increasing, and the sales of baked goods and cosmetics, etc. were strong.
・In toys, sales of entertainment lottery tickets were strong.

<Sales Promotion Measures>
Sales campaign using stamps. (2/28-5/29)
HAPPY LAWSON PROJECT. “Chicken products promotion”. (2/28-3/13)
HAPPY LAWSON PROJECT. “Fluffy Butter Omelette Cake and Crispy Butter Pie Sandwich”. etc.

Cigarette sales had no effect on existing-store sales on year-on-year in March.

Note 1: Sales of the LAWSON Business include sales generated by LAWSON stores (excluding Lawson Okinawa, Inc., Lawson Minami-Kyushu, Inc., and Lawson Kochi, Inc.) and NATURAL LAWSON stores.

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